Luxo

bio

Design classics from > 1934 - now
Luxo is a lighting company from Norway. Seated in Oslo Norway with manufacturing also in Sweden and The United States.
Furniture focus > Lighting
Main designer >  Jacob (Jac) Jacobsen was a trained textile and fabric engineer. In 1934 he founded his own company importing textile making machinery. Later this became an international focussing on lighting.
Classic >  Luxo L-1
Background > The Luxo L-1 lamp, was the inspiration for the short animation classic Luxo Jr. by Jobs's Pixar (1986).